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Immunization NAPNAP's Immunization Special Interest Group (SIG) began as a Task Force and became a formal SIG in 1993. The SIG currently consists of over 160 members who pay dues of $20.00 annually, which goes to the expenses of the SIG such as mailings, phone bills, and minimal travel reimbursement. The purpose of the SIG is to provide SIG members with a forum to explore and discuss the current special issues of pediatric immunizations; to represent NAPNAP at various national immunization meetings; and to act as a consulting group to members and the national NAPNAP office regarding vaccine preventable diseases and immunization practices. The Immunization Special Interest Group has contributed to the field in the following ways: - Provide a forum for discussion for PNPs regarding immunization practice.
- Host Annual SIG business meeting during the NAPNAP Annual Conference.
- Distribute biannual newsletter to SIG members containing interesting and current immunization information PNPs can use in practice.
- Advise in the development of immunization curricula for colleges and continuing education through the Association of Teachers of Preventative Medicine.
- Collaborated with American Nurses Association on childhood immunization topics.
- Attend national meetings such as Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and Immunization Education and Action Committee of the Healthy Mother's, Healthy Babies Coalition.
- Consult with national organizations on such efforts as the Prevention Flow Sheets used by the Department of Health and Human Service's Put Prevention Into Practice program.
- Serve on the Advisory Committe on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC)
- Assist in coordinating grant application process for NAPNAP educational grants related to Vaccines.
Click here to access the IMM SIG Conference 2009 Flyer Click here to access the Fall Immunization SIG 2008 Newsletter Click here for vaccine information from the CDC. To view what NAPNAP members see as obstacles to immunization, click here for a summary of the results from NAPNAP's Immunization Challenges Survey. For more information contact: Chairperson Tammy Tempfer, MSN: ttempfer@upa.chob.edu
To see minutes from the latest meeting of the CDC's Advisory Council on Immunizations, please click here
Articles of Interest on this Subject Special Immunization Considerations of the Preterm Infant
Ashraf Gad, MD, & Shetal Shah, MD
Journal of Pediatric Health Care
November/December 2007, Vol. 21, No. 6, pp, 385- 391 Improving Influenza Vaccine Compliance Through Patient Education for Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Tran C, Pitts J
Journal of Pediatric Health Care
January 2007, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 57-61 Vaccine Shortages: Implications for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
Callender D
Journal of Pediatric Health Care
November 2006, Vol. 20, No. 6, pp. 426-429 Herpes Zoster in Childhood
Leung AKC, Robson WLM, Leong AG
Journal of Pediatric Healthcare
September 2006, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 300-303 Educating Teens About Vaccines
Hernandez G, Nestor C
Journal of Pediatric Healthcare
September 2006, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 342-349 Update on Adolescent Immunization: Review of Pertussis and the Efficacy, Safety, and Clinical Use of Vaccines that Contain Tetanus-Diptheria-Acellular Pertussis
Wilson TR
Journal of Pediatric Health Care
July 2006, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 229-237 Vaccines: Helping Families Travel Safely
Nelms BC
Journal of Pediatric Health Care
May 2006, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 155-157
New resources to help increase influenza vaccination children with asthma are now available from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID). Click www.nfid.org to access various tools and strategies that can be customized for use in clinical settings to help address immunization barriers and improve parent education. NAPNAP supports the goals of NFID's initiative and encourages members to share these materials with colleagues.
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